Extra! Extra! Sangam India is in the Times!

We are excited to announce that we are in today's (July 21st, 2008) edition of the Times of India. The article covers the medical camp that we held yesterday. We're on page 4 of the Chennai edition of the newspaper. Click on the link above and you can navigate to the epaper edition of this day's paper. Below is the article that was included:

MALNUTRITION CASES TREATED

Sangam India holds health camp for kids

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai: As part of its efforts to provide better healthcare to children living in slums, Sangam India, a group formed by socially-conscious medical students residing in Porur, organised a free health camp for children of Ramavaram on Sunday.
Nearly 50 medical staff including seven doctors of Sangam India screened children of slum dwellers as part of their first community service programme since the formation of the group in March this year. Nearly 110 children less than seven years of age benefitted from the camp. “Most of us (doctors) study in Sri Ramachandra University and we thought of selecting a locality that is nearer to our institution. So, we started our first camp in Ramavaram,” Dr Koushik of the group told TOI.
Apart from a general checkup, the children were screened by practitioners of specialists in orthopaedics, cardiology, dental health and dermatology. Most of the cases were for dental attention, while many cases of malnutritions were detected. All those needing further medical attention would be provided free treatment by Sangam India. “There were many cases of skin disease and dental infection. At the camp, medicines worth Rs 12,000 was provided free of cost and we are planning to conduct similar free health camps in other areas as well,” said Dr Karthik, another representative of Sangam India.

Thanks a lot to Koushik for helping us get into this paper!